THREAD: We are now well & truly past the stage of Brexit where satire has any meaning. There’s nothing we can do to make Brexiters’ words & ideas more ridiculous than they already are. You simply need to quote them as they are presented in supposedly pro-Brexit newspapers. (1/x) 
Take this article: “May’s ‘no-deal’ Brexit stance is kamikaze say Leavers” in the ERG fanzine formerly known as the Daily Telegraph...
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“Brexiteers had hoped that the publication next month of dozens of documents setting out Britain’s No-Deal planning would show the impact it would have on the EU as well, giving the Prime Minister leverage in the negotiations.”
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“A cabinet source said, ‘...we could have made a strong case for no-deal & said we were prepared. The way they are presenting it makes it look like Armageddon. It is a kamikaze approach to no-deal. It is total chaos.”
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“It emerged yesterday that Steve Baker, who quit as a Brexit minister over the Chequers blueprint, commissioned a report on the cost of a no-deal Brexit on each member state while he was in office.”
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“[Baker] is now calling for it to be published & used to convince EU states that a free-trade deal is in their interests. He suggested that the implications of no-deal could be spelled out on billboards in EU member states.”
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[So let me get this straight: information about the consequences of no-deal will make the citizens of the UK confident & determined; whereas it will make the EU jittery. Yep, bulldog spirit vs Johnny Foreigner. “They don’t like it up ‘em!”]
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“Iain Duncan Smith warned that attempts by Remainers to hijack no-deal planning would undermine the negotiations.”
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“It comes as banks are invoking a ‘Dunkirk spirit’ by preparing to lend billions to businesses to bolster the economy in the event of no-deal.”
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